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Corn milling use recorded
The mill is recorded as a tower corn mill using wind and water power.
Site overview
Reeson's Mill at Hibaldstow is an unusual combined windmill and watermill. It was built in 1802 by James Middleton of Hibaldstow, millwright, and was designed to work by both wind and water power. The tower is constructed of limestone, and a top storey was added in 1837 for James Reeson.
Specialist mill sources identify the site as a tower corn mill, while local photographic material records the building as a combined windmill, watermill, and dwelling. The mill preserves a distinctive form within Lincolnshire milling history, combining a tower windmill with water-powered working arrangements rather than standing as a conventional wind-only corn mill.
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History
Reeson's Mill is one of the most distinctive mill survivals in Hibaldstow. It was built in 1802 by James Middleton of Hibaldstow, millwright, and was designed from the outset to work by both wind and water power. This dual arrangement gave the mill a different character from the more common stand-alone Lincolnshire tower windmills.
The tower is built of limestone. In 1837 a top storey was added for James Reeson, giving the mill the name by which it is now generally recorded. The site combined wind-powered corn milling with a water-powered element, and later photographic descriptions record it as a combined windmill, watermill, and dwelling.
The mill's survival is important because it preserves a rare hybrid form in the county's milling landscape. Rather than simply marking a lost windmill site, Reeson's Mill retains the identity of a building planned for more than one power source. Its later domestic use continued the survival of the structure after its working milling role had ended. The present building therefore represents both Hibaldstow's wind-powered and water-powered milling history.
Timeline
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Converted to domestic use
The combined mill building later survived as part of a dwelling.
1802
Combined mill built
Reeson's Mill was built in 1802 by James Middleton of Hibaldstow as a combined wind and water mill.
1837
Top storey added
A top storey was added to the tower in 1837 for James Reeson.
Sources and records
Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology photographic record
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive record
List of windmills in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive record
List of windmills in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman